Thursday, 21 February 2013

Facebook.....

Facebook was launched in February 2004, it is owned by Facebook Inc. Today Facebook has over one billion active users. It was launched by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard university students. The membership was initially limited to Harvard university students but later on expanded to other universities and colleges too. Today it offers membership to anyone who declares themselves as above 13 years old. Facebook has a revenue of $5.1 billion. I remember when I made my Facebook account, back in 2005 or 06 I don't remember exactly, I would only go online once a week. I used it to stay in touch with friends who had left for abroad. As much as I know about Facebook it is a good way to be in touch with friends, but there are some problems too. Initially Facebook was really secure to use, no one had to worry that an unknown person can access their account and it was easy to use and understand. But as time passed Facebook became more and more complicated. When one gets a grip of the current settings, they are changed. It takes some time to get used to the settings. Most recently the timeline introduced by Facebook has made everything different. Nothing one does is private. Of course, one can add certain security barriers but still if your friends like your particular activity then its public. But no matter what happens, people are addicted to these sites. Some people decide to stay whereas others quit, n I am one of them probably.... as time will pass things are going to get more and more complicated. Even though things are complicated, still people love Facebook. They are always online on Facebook, posting status updates on important as well as stupid things. And their friends keep liking those stupid updates. When they do not have anything to do they simply start adding random people...

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